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"If the vampire is an other, he or she was always a figure in whom one could find one's self...the despicable as well as the defiant, the shameful as well as the unashamed, the loathing of oddness as well as pride in it."~ Richard Dyer

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Monday, June 4, 2012

It’s great to be here today at Fang-tastic Books with the book tour
for my new vampire romance, Masquerade. Masquerade is the tenth book in my
ongoing Vampires Realm romance series. Don’t worry if you haven’t read the
others, as Masquerade does stand alone.

Today I’m going to introduce everyone to the Vampires Realm series.

I’m never sure where to begin when I talk about the world of my
Vampires Realm series. It seems so huge and daunting, and I don’t want to miss
out anything.

The Vampires Realm series is a work of passion for me. It’s the
darkest and deadliest world of vampires that I write, and it’s also the
original world. I began this series back in 2007 with the Prophecy Trilogy. At
the time, it was only going to be used in those three long novels but as I
wrote them, I realised that I had built such a beautifully detailed world and
had found many other characters in the books that I wanted to write stories for
too. There are several other stories woven into the Prophecy Trilogy, some of
which I have since written and others which I will write at a future date.

Everyone who knows my stories knows that I adore writing dark
vampires, ones who will kill without apology and see humans as a food source. I
enjoy exploring their darker nature, the side of their legend that a lot of
authors tend to avoid in favour of a lighter kind of vampire (those who like
bagged blood, abstain completely, or possibly sparkle). Like my vampires, I
make no apologies for their behaviour. They fight, they love, they kill, and
they do what they must to survive.

In the series, seven separate bloodlines share Europe, and sometimes
cities (but never willingly). Each has a long bloody history with the others
and all have been involved in wars with each other throughout the millennia.
They are territorial and more often than not at least two bloodlines are at
each other’s throats. Despite the battles that often rage between their
families, humans are for the most part unaware of the existence of vampires.
Only those unfortunate enough to find themselves on the menu or those who have
survived an encounter and become a vampire hunter know of them.

There are vampire hunters in the world of the Vampires Realm series,
and while most of them aren’t a threat to the vampires of the seven pure
bloodlines, there are some organisations that are on the rise and are becoming
worthy of the attention of their nocturnal adversaries.

But vampire hunters and other bloodlines aren’t the only enemies the
vampires in my series face. There are the free werewolves too, those who have
escaped or avoided the compounds owned by the bloodlines, as well as witches,
demons straight out of Hell and even angels.

The world of the seven pure bloodlines is dark and deadly, and the
lives of the vampires are complicated by hierarchies, rules and laws that spell
certain death to anyone who dares to break them by falling in love with a
human, werewolf or a vampire from another family. But it doesn’t stop these
passionate creatures of the night from following their hearts, fighting for
their love, and taking on the world to claim their forever after.

The world of Vampires Realm is so vast that I can only touch on it
in this post, but as the Masquerade Book Tour progresses, I will be talking
more about elements of the world in more detail, as well as interviewing the
hero and heroine of the novel, and sharing excerpts with you all.

I hope this post has given you some insight into the series though,
and that you’ll join me on the tour. If you can’t wait, you can find out more
about the series at the official website, where there are excerpts from all of
the books, and information on the bloodlines, characters, laws and more. Visit http://www.vampiresrealm.com

I would also like to take this moment to
mention that there is a grand giveaway running throughout the whole of the
Masquerade Book Tour. The top prize is a KINDLE
TOUCH plus bundle of Vampires Realm series ebooks 1-9 (doesn’t include
Masquerade), and it’s open internationally. You can find all the details at the
Masquerade Book Tour page: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/masquerade-book-tour.php

Masquerade is available now
at Amazon Kindle stores, Smashwords and All Romance eBooks. It will soon be
available for Nook, Apple devices, Sony Reader, and Kobo Books, but you can get
it in epub from other retailers like Smashwords and my own website.

MasqueradeF E Heaton
Ten years have passed since Sophis and Vivek, two vampires of the Venia
bloodline, came close to death at the hands of twin hunters Aleksis and
Izabella Romanov. The events of that night turned Sophis and Vivek against each
other, shattering their close friendship and driving them apart.

Now, on the eve of a centenary Creator Day masquerade and at a time
when things between them are dangerously close to separating them forever, they
uncover a small army of vampire hunters in Saint Petersburg, led by their
nemeses, Aleksis and Izabella.

With the safety of the rulers of the seven pure vampire bloodlines
in their hands and their chance for vengeance hanging in the balance, can
Sophis and Vivek face their past and overcome their differences? Will they
realise their true feelings for each other before it’s too late or will the
hunters finally claim their lives as their deadly plot to destroy the
bloodlines unfolds?

If you love your angels a little dark and wicked,
Felicity Heaton’s best selling Her Angel series is for you. If you like strong,
powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm series she writes as F
E Heaton or any of her stand alone vampire romance books she writes as Felicity
Heaton. Or if you’re looking for vampire romances that are sinful, passionate
and erotic then try Felicity Heaton’s new Vampire Erotic Theatre series.

In 2011, four of her six paranormal romance books
received Top Pick awards from Night Owl Reviews, Forbidden Blood was nominated
as Best PNR Vampire Romance 2011 at The Romance Reviews, and many of her
releases received five star reviews from numerous websites.

If you want to
know more about me, or want to get in touch, you can find me at the following
places:

I love Felicity Heatons books!! Not finished reading all of them but almost there! lol My first time reading her books was reading Mating Heat series :) Her books are definitely recommended reads :) About to start Masquerade :)

After reviewing ths Amazon sample of Masquerade it sounds very intriguing & i would love to read ALL her books!!!! I love her style of writing & characterization. I would like to know what's the name of the first book of this series so i could begin there. If anyone knows please tell me.

I've read just about everything from Felicty but this series. It sounds great. Is it one you need to start from the beginning? Probably. I've never been disappointed by any of her books. She is a wonderful author. Thanks so much forthe awesome contest.Tanyaw1224(at)yahoo(dot)com

Felicity was the author of the first books I downloaded to my new Kindle. I just finished Masquerade, and now I"m reading the entire 10 book series again in order. I'll be definitely downloading more! Her work has inspired me to get back to my own writing. Thanks, Felicity!

I don't have any of the books in the Vampire's Realm series, but I bought all the books 1-3 in the Angel series. I just haven't had time to read them yet. I love the cover art on Felicity's books, it's great. Will there be another book after Masquerade?luvfuzzzeeefaces at yahoo dot com

I really want to read this series of books. But at the moment I don't have any of them, and I have a lot of catching up to do. I prefer to read them in order, if possible, even if there are stand-alone books within the series.

Wow, so many comments! Thanks to everyone who read the post and entered the giveaway here, and at my site.

@Candygirl - The first book in the series is Prophecy: Child of Light, which is also the first book in the Prophecy Trilogy.

You don't need to read the series in order really, as most books do stand alone. If you want to know the right order, then you can find it at the site: http://www.vampiresrealm.com

@Tanya1224 - You can read it from the beginning, or hop straight in with this one. I've had readers review this one who haven't read any of the previous books, and have really enjoyed it. If you do read them from the beginning, you get the added advantage of meeting up with the previous heroes and heroines in this book and seeing how they're doing.

@Julianne - There are ten books in the series, but there are many more to come. At the moment, I have ideas for around 10-15 more novels in the Vampires Realm world.

I know I missed winning a book on this date, but I am entering the refflecoperty-thing from the main tour page. Felicity - congrats on the new book! I can't wait to get reading it and many others of yours that are cued up on my nook!MJmsmjb65 AT gmail DOT com